1 Corinthians 7:1
NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
In Context
2But because of the whoredoms, let every man have his own wife, and every wife her own husband.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it is becoming them if they abide as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:37But he that is stedfast in his heart, not having any necessity, but retaineth power over his own inclination, and hath determined this in his heart that he will preserve his own virgin state, doeth well.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:1
In this chapter the apostle answers some cases proposed to him by the Corinthians about marriage. He, I. Shows them that marriage was appointed as a remedy against fornication, and therefore that persons had better marry than burn, ver. 1-9 . II. He gives direction to those who are married to continue together, though they might have an unbelieving relative, unless the unbeliever would part, in which case a Christian would not be in bondage, ver. 10-16 . III. He shows them that becoming Christians does not change… Read the whole commentary →